Someone asked me what I do with the rest of my day. Unfortunately, I am not a stay at home mom. I work full time and I am on the Board, Capital Campaign and Finance Committee of one of our schools. My job doesn’t end when I get home every night. I still have to find time to cook, clean, run the kids around to practices and help with homework before everyone is off to bed for the night. My days are completely full. Right before I started this project with my girls, I would have told you that I didn’t have the time to make it work. Then one day at work, I overheard a coworker tell her daughter that you have time everyday to do what you want. That’s when the sinking feeling settled in - I am not choosing to make time with myself or my daughters to help aid in our weight loss. I’m not even buying the right food to stock in our house. (Do I really want it? If so, how bad?) I always used the excuse that I didn’t have time, and my girls would complain that they couldn’t do anything because I never had the time. Not anymore! I choose to create time for all of us in addition to my other responsibilities. That is the reason that we are getting up at 5am. Not only does it help jumpstart my day, but the girls have more energy and time to accomplish the things they need to get done during the day too. So, the decision was made to begin this journey with my girls. The refrigerator and pantry is cleaned out, the workouts are scheduled and the commitment has been made. I will no longer be the excuse as to why my girls’ health is in the shape that it is in.
We all make our own choices – choices that affect the direction of the scale. Do I choose to eat this or that? Do I choose to get up and workout or sleep in? These choices coupled with health education are the building blocks that I am trying to teach my girls. You start one block at a time and build up until you know your foundation is solid enough to withstand anything that life throws your way. (like double fudge chocolate cake…)
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